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PORTUGUESE CHECKERS
Portuguese Checkers has the same exact rules as Spanish Checkers. The game is very similar to Brazilian Checkers. It is played on the same board and same number of playing pieces, but if there are many sequences to capture, one has to capture the sequence that has the most pieces. If there are still more sequences, one has to capture the sequence that has the most Kings. Portuguese Checkers is mainly played in some parts in South America and some of the Northern African countries.
Portuguese Checkers Rules
Portuguese checkers is played a standard checkerboard of 64 alternating dark and light squares by 2 players having 12 playing pieces of contrasting colors each. The board is positioned squarely between the players and turned so that a dark square is at each player's near right side. Each player places his playing pieces on the dark squares of the nearest three rows. The player with the lighter playing pieces |
